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    Culture

    Culture covers the stories that shape how we express ourselves and connect with one another. From film festivals and entertainment to social movements and artistic endeavour, these stories reflect the values, conversations and creativity that define our communities. Whether it's a new film project breaking ground, a performer taking their work to new audiences, or society grappling with important questions about identity and behaviour, culture encompasses the ways we live and the narratives we tell.

    This topic matters because culture is often where change begins. The entertainment industry responds to shifting tastes whilst simultaneously influencing them. Artists and creators challenge conventions, spark conversations, and hold up mirrors to society. Social and cultural movements highlight the issues that resonate with people's lives and futures.

    Culture also reflects broader trends in how we consume and engage with content and ideas. From streaming platforms to live performance, from traditional institutions to emerging voices online, the stories documented here chronicle the evolving landscape of how we entertain, educate and challenge ourselves.

    • These 4 Dolly Parton Lyrics Still Stop Us in Our Tracks

      An Americansongwriter.com feature highlights four Dolly Parton lyrics considered among her most memorable, showcasing the songwriting craft behind her performing career. The piece draws on well-known tracks spanning several decades, underlining how Parton paired catchy melodies with emotionally resonant or autobiographical writing. It matters as a reminder of her depth as a songwriter, an aspect…

    • Scottie Scheffler turns hot-mic F-bomb into motivation, rallies for Tour Championship win

      Scottie Scheffler overcame a frustrating third round, in which a hot-mic outburst about the greens was caught on camera, to win the Tour Championship for a second time. The world number one closed with a bogey-free 4-under 66 on Sunday to finish at 16 under, overturning a three-shot deficit to Viktor Hovland and reasserting his…

    • World number one Scheffler claims second Fedex Cup title

      Scottie Scheffler has won the FedEx Cup for the second time, securing the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship title in Atlanta with a composed final-round performance. Starting three strokes behind overnight leader Viktor Hovland, the world number one shot a four-under 66, the only sub-par round among the leading groups, to overhaul his rivals as…

    • Revisit These 5 Legendary Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Moments When You Need a Pick-Me-up

      Ritchie Blackmore, the guitarist behind Deep Purple and Rainbow, is remembered in this retrospective piece for a handful of career-defining guitar moments that helped shape the sound of rock music. The article argues that his riffs were never mere backing instrumentation but the defining feature of each track, showcasing both his blistering technical flair and…

    • 10 Essential Green Lantern Comics for Beginners

      Ahead of HBO’s new “Lanterns” series, Collider has put together a beginner’s reading list of essential Green Lantern comics, focusing on the Hal Jordan and John Stewart incarnations of the character since those are the versions featured in the show. The piece traces the hero’s evolution from his 1940s magic-based origins as Alan Scott through…

    • 3 Country Voices From the 1980s You’ll Recognize in About Two Seconds

      This feature from American Songwriter highlights three country music performers from the 1980s whose voices remain instantly recognisable today: Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Reba McEntire. The piece argues that while the decade isn’t typically celebrated as a golden era for country music, these three artists carried the genre forward with standout talent and enduring…

    • One Nation overtakes Labor as Australia’s most popular party in shock new poll as Pauline Hanson surges

      A new Newspoll survey has found One Nation has again edged ahead of Labor as Australia’s most popular party by primary vote, with Pauline Hanson’s party on 30 per cent, narrowly ahead of Labor on 29 per cent and the Coalition on 19 per cent. Despite this, Anthony Albanese remains comfortably the preferred prime minister…

    • Mikel Arteta ‘begging’ Premier League to expand 20-man matchday squads

      Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has urged the Premier League to increase the size of matchday squads, arguing that the current 20-player limit harms player welfare. Clubs in England can currently name only 20 players per game, whereas La Liga permits 23 and Serie A allows 25, leaving English sides comparatively squeezed as fixture congestion increases…

    • 4 Top 40 Hits From 1972 That Every Baby Boomer Can Still Sing by Heart

      This American Songwriter feature revisits four Top 40 hits from 1972 that the writer argues remain instantly familiar to baby boomers today, celebrating how music learned in youth tends to stay lodged in memory for life. The piece is a nostalgic retrospective rather than a hard news story, framing each song through its enduring lyrical…

    • Professor Murder Rides the Subway is a forgotten slice of dance punk perfection

      The Verge’s review revisits Professor Murder Rides the Subway, an EP by New York dance-punk band Professor Murder, describing it as an overlooked highlight rediscovered while the writer was reripping old CDs. The piece situates the band within the mid-2000s New York dance-punk scene alongside better-known acts like LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture, arguing Professor…